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The life we bury book review6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() As Joe captures the old man’s story he begins to wonder if the conviction was valid.Ī lot of novels would have stopped there. So what’s it about? The frame of the story is that college student, Joe Talbert, while seeking someone he can interview for a college assignment to write a piece of biography, meets a dying old man, who has spent the last thirty years in prison for the rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. He set exactly the right tone and pace and he was also able to bring the other characters, including Lila, to life. In this case, the voice in my ear was Zach Via, who got everything right. Having the character’s voice in your ear seems appropriate and brings a level of intimacy and involvement that you might not get from the text alone. A story told directly to the reader by the main character, “The Life We Bury” is a natural choice for an audiobook. “The Life We Bury” is a rare thing: a thoughtful, well-written novel, with a main character who has some depth, wrapped around a satisfying mystery, that delivers an emotional punch as well as moments of tense drama. ![]()
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